96 



An amendment to the Manual (No. 153) has been prepared and is 

 now in the hands of the printer, which modifies amendment No. 140 by 

 striking out the last sentence of the latter, which reads as follows : 



They shall not apply, however, to any lands listed prior to 

 August 10, 1912. 



Settlement Form 110, 



An error occurs in the last sentence of the last paragraph of Form 

 110, which has just been reprinted. The word " way " should be sub- 

 stituted for the word " any," so as to make it read " In the case of 

 right of way reservations," etc. Forest officers are advised of the error 

 in this manner, since it is impracticable to have the correction made 

 on the form. 



Land Classification Amendment to Agricultural Appropriation Bill, 



The amendment to the Agricultural appropriation bill, act of August 

 10, 1912 (Public, 261), for classifying agricultural lands, is printed 

 below in response to numerous requests made for copies of it : 



That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed and re- 

 quired to select, classify, and segregate, as soon as practicable, all 

 lands within the boundaries of National Forests that may be opened 

 to settlement and entry under the homestead laws applicable to the 

 National Forests, and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is 

 hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid. 



SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. 



Bulletin 104. Principles of Drying Lumber at Atmospheric Pressure 

 and Humidity Diagram. 



Bulletin 105. Wood Turpentines: Their Analysis, Refining, and Compo- 

 sition, Based Upon Experiments at the Forest Products 

 Laboratory at Madison, Wis. 



Bulletin 113. Methods and Apparatus for the Prevention and Control 

 of Forest Fires : As Exemplified on the Arkansas Na- 

 tional Forest. 



Bulletin 114. Forest Conditions in Louisiana. 



Bulletin 116. Possibilities of Western Pines as a Source of Naval Stores. 



Bulletin 117. Forest Fires : Their Causes, Extent, and Effects, with a 

 Summary of Recorded Destruction and Loss. 



Bulletin 118. Prolonging the Life of Cross-Ties. 



Bulletin 119. An Examination of the Oleoresins of some Western Pines. 



Circular 193. Mechanical Properties of Redwood. 



Circular 205 (First revision). Forest Fire Protection under the Weeks 

 Law in Cooperation with States. 



Circular 208. Extracting and Cleaning Forest Tree Seed. 



Circular 209. Service Tests of Ties Progress Report. 



Circular 210. Yield and Returns of Blue Gum (Eucalyptus) in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Report of the Forester, 1912. 



